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by mywinepal • March 6, 2013 • Comments Off on Road 13 Vineyards & Joy Road Catering Team Up for Epicurean Dinner

It’s time to spoil yourself. This press release came in my mailbox earlier today. The wine from the Okanagan’s Road 13 and catering by Joy Road Catering will make for a memorable evening at Vancouver Urban Winery. I have not…

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by mywinepal • February 9, 2013 • Comments Off on My Valentine’s Day Wine Suggestions

I posted this article for all the star-crossed lovers 2 years ago. I thought I’d check out the wines, and I’d stand by them all, but in addition, new wines have come to the BC market, so I thought I’d…

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This is not a New Years Resolution. It is too late in January for that. What this is, is a suggested list of wines, or styles of wines, that you may want to consider trying. Maybe you have never tried…

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by mywinepal • December 31, 2012 • Comments Off on My Top 10 Wine and Food Posts for 2012

I use WordPress for MyWinePal.com and MyWinePal.wordpress.com. Yes I have 2 blogs. Sometimes I think it is double the effort, but other times I think that I like the separation of the two blogs. In MyWinePal.com I post my longer…

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I sat up at attention when this email message showed up. Oyosoos Larose produces very high quality red Bordeaux blends in the South Okanagan. Wine maker, Pascal Madevon‘s top wine being the “Le Grand Vin” and then a second tier,…

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by mywinepal • October 21, 2012 • Comments Off on Take Five Cafe – A New Location and Concept in Gastown

By day you would think coffee shop, but by night a wine bar. The new Take Five Cafe on 62 W. Cordoba, in Gastown offers both to their customers. I was invited to attend their grand opening this past week…

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Yesterday Le Vieux Pin and sister winery, La Stella, opened their doors to select wine and food media in Vancouver to taste some of their newly released wines. There were 2 wines in particular that I concentrated on with notes,…

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by mywinepal • October 7, 2012 • Comments Off on A Taste of the New Fall Menu at Beachside Forno West Vancouver

With the changing seasons we have changes in menus at our restaurants. Last week Dianne Chow and I went to Beachside Forno in West Vancouver to have a sample of items from their new fall menu. We were greeted by…

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I always appreciate seminars held with wine makers and winery principals to discuss their wines. In this case it was with wine maker Severine Pinte and General Manager Rasoul Salehi from Le Vieux Pin in the Chateau Belair Boardroom of…